Name |
College |
Years at Oxford |
Country |
Notes |
Ref |
Kim Beazley |
|
|
Australia |
Leader HM Opposition 2005–2006 |
|
Rubén Berríos |
|
|
Puerto Rico |
Honorary President, Socialist International 1999-, President, Puerto Rican Independence Party 1968- |
|
George Brandis |
Magdalen |
|
Australia |
Senator for Qld 2000–, Senior Counsel 2006–, Minister for Arts & Sport 2007– |
|
Ashton Carter |
|
1976-79 (Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics) |
United States |
physicist, Harvard University professor, and United States Secretary of Defense |
|
Zelman Cowen |
New College and Oriel |
|
Australia |
Governor General 1977-82, Provost of Oriel 1982–90 |
|
Gareth Evans |
Magdalen |
|
Australia |
Foreign Minister 1988-96, deputy leader Australian Labor Party 1996-98 |
|
Geoffrey Gallop |
St John's |
|
Australia |
Premier of Western Australia 2001–06 |
|
James Gobbo |
Magdalen |
|
Australia |
Judge Supreme Court of Victoria 1978–94, Lt–Gov Victoria 1995–97, Governor 1997–2000 |
|
Geoffrey Keighley |
Trinity |
|
Australia |
first–class cricketer, barrister, Member of NSW Legislative Council |
|
Wilfrid Kent Hughes |
Christ Church |
|
Australia |
Member of the House of Representatives 1949–70, Minister 1951–56 |
|
Peter King |
|
|
Australia |
Member of the House of Representatives 2001–04 |
|
Andrew Murray |
|
|
Australia |
Member of the Australian Senate 1996–2007 |
|
Fred Paterson |
|
|
Australia |
Member of the House of Representatives 1944–50 |
|
Malcolm Turnbull |
|
|
Australia |
Opposition Leader of Australia 2008– |
|
Daryl Williams |
|
|
Australia |
Attorney General of Australia 1996–2003 |
|
Ian Wilson |
|
|
Australia |
Member of the House of Representatives 1966–69 and 1972–93, Minister 1981–83 |
|
Frank Vandenbroucke |
|
1996–1999 DPhil |
Belgium |
Federal MP 1985–96, President Socialist Party 1989–94, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 1994–5, Minister 1999–04, Flemish Minister 2004–9, Flemish MP 2009–10, Minister of State 2009–, Senator 2010– |
|
James Coyne |
|
|
Canada |
Governor of the Bank of Canada 1955–61 |
|
Jack Davis |
St John's |
Elected Rhodes Scholar in 1939, studies interrupted by war |
Canada |
MP 1962-74, MLA British Columbia 1975-78 and 1979 until death in 1991 |
[33] |
Eugene Forsey |
Balliol |
|
Canada |
Senate 1970–79, Privy Council 1985–91 |
|
Onésime Gagnon |
|
|
Canada |
House of Commons 1930–40, National Assembly of Quebec 1936–60, Lieutenant–Governor of Quebec 1958-61 |
|
Paul Gérin-Lajoie |
|
|
Canada |
National Assembly of Quebec 1960–70, Minister 1960–66, Pres Canadian International Development Agency 1970–77 |
|
Alastair Gillespie |
|
|
Canada |
sometime Government minister |
|
John Godfrey |
Balliol, St Antony's |
1967 MPhil, 1975 DPhil |
Canada |
Pres & V-C Univ of K Coll 1977-87, Ed Financial Post 1987-91, MP 1993-2008, Parly Sec to the PM 1996-2004, Min of State 2004-06, Hd Master Toronto French Sch 2008- |
|
Allan Gotlieb |
Wadham and All Souls |
|
Canada |
Ambassador to the USA 1981–89, Chairman Canada Council 1989–94 |
|
Arnold Heeney |
St John's |
|
Canada |
Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Secretary 1940–49 Ambassador USA 1953-57 & 1959-62 |
|
George Ignatieff |
|
|
Canada |
Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1956–8, NATO 1963–6, UN 1966–9, Chancellor University of Toronto 1980–6 |
|
Khairy Jamaluddin |
St Hugh |
|
Malaysia |
Minister of Youth and Sports (2013-current) |
[34] |
Michael Ignatieff |
|
|
Canada |
House of Commons 2006– |
|
Ted Jolliffe |
Christ Church |
|
Canada |
Leader Ontario CCF 1942-53, Leader Opposition Ontario Legislature 1943-45 & 1948-51 |
|
Arthur Kroeger |
Pembroke |
|
Canada |
Deputy Minister 1975–92, Chancellor of Carleton University 1993–2002 |
|
Marcel Lambert |
Hertford |
|
Canada |
MP 1957–84, Speaker 1962–63, Minister of Veterans Affairs 1963 |
|
Otto Lang |
Exeter |
|
Canada |
MP 1968–79, Minister 1968–79, Attorney General 1972–75 & 1978 |
|
David Lewis |
|
|
Canada |
leader of New Democratic Party of Canada 1971–75 |
|
Charles Herbert Little |
Brasenose |
|
Canada |
Director of Naval Intelligence World War II |
|
Vincent Massey |
Balliol |
|
Canada |
Ambassador to USA 1927–30, Governor General 1952–59 |
|
Roland Michener |
Hertford |
|
Canada |
Speaker 1957-62, High Commissioner India & Ambassador Nepal 1964–67, Governor General 1967–74 |
|
Talbot Mercer Papineau |
Brasenose |
|
Canada |
MC 1915, died Passchendaele 6am 30 October 1917 |
|
Jack Pickersgill |
|
|
Canada |
Clerk of the Privy Council & Sec to the Cabinet 1952-53, MP 1953-67, Privy Counsellor from 1953, CC from 1970, styled The Rt Hon from 1992 |
[35] |
Bob Rae |
Balliol |
|
Canada |
Premier of Ontario 1990–95 |
|
Escott Reid |
Christ Church |
|
Canada |
High Commr & Ambassador 1952–62, Dir S Asia & Middle East Dept World Bank 1962–5 |
|
Edgar Ritchie |
|
|
Canada |
Ambassador to USA 1966–70, Ambassador to Ireland 1976–80 |
|
Norman Robertson |
|
|
Canada |
High Commr UK 1946–9 & 1952–7, Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Sec 1949–52, Ambassador USA 1957–8 |
|
Norman McLeod Rogers |
University |
|
Canada |
MP 1935–40, Minister of Labour 1935–9, Minister of National Defence 1939–40 |
|
James Sinclair |
|
|
Canada |
MP 1940–58, Minister of Fisheries 1952–57 |
|
Arnold Smith |
Christ Church |
|
Canada |
Ambassador to Egypt 1958–61, to USSR 1961–63, Commonwealth Secretary General 1965–75 |
|
George F.G. Stanley |
Keble |
1929-1936 |
Canada |
Lieutenant–Governor of New Brunswick 1981–87, designer of the Canadian flag |
|
Michel Vennat |
Merton |
|
Canada |
Special Asst to the PM 1968–70, QC 1983, President Business Development Bank of Canada 2000–04 |
|
Danny Williams |
|
1969 elected Rhodes Scholar |
Canada |
QC 1984, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003- |
|
Lalith Athulathmudali |
Jesus |
|
Ceylon/Sri Lanka |
Minister of National Security, Minister of State for Defence, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Education. |
|
Lakshman Kadirgamar |
Balliol |
|
Ceylon/Sri Lanka |
Foreign Minister 1994–2001 and 2004–05 |
|
William de Silva |
|
|
Ceylon/Sri Lanka |
Minister of Industries and Fisheries |
|
Tyronne Fernando |
Keble |
|
Ceylon/Sri Lanka |
Foreign Minister 2001–04 |
|
Gamani Corea |
Nuffield |
|
Ceylon/Sri Lanka |
Secretary-General of the UNCTD & Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands |
|
Lala Sukuna |
|
|
Fiji |
Tui Lau 1938-58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954–58, served French Foreign Legion (Croix de Guerre) |
|
Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf |
St Antony's |
|
Germany |
Member Bundestag & Sec of State 1969–70, Eur Commr 1970, Dir LSE 1974–84 |
|
Hans Bernd von Haeften |
|
|
Germany |
conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 15 August 1944 |
|
Adam von Trott zu Solz |
Balliol |
|
Germany |
conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 26 August 1944 |
|
Binay Ranjan Sen |
|
|
India |
director general of UN Food and Agriculture Organization 1956–67 |
|
John Michuki |
Oxford |
|
Kenya |
MP 1983–, Min for Transport & Commns 2002–05, for Internal Security 2005– |
|
Chris Laidlaw |
Merton |
|
New Zealand |
High Commissioner to Harare 1986–89, MP 1992–93 |
|
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt |
Magdalen |
|
New Zealand |
Olympic bronze medal 1924, NZ Olympic captain 1928, member IOC 1934-67, surgeon to the King 1946-52, to the Queen 1952-67, President BMA and RCS, Governor General NZ 1967-72 |
|
Paul Reeves |
St Peter's |
|
New Zealand |
Archbishop 1980-85, Governor General 1985-90 |
|
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari |
Christ Church |
2007-10 |
Pakistan |
Appointed Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party 30 December 2007 and will become full-time party leader on completing his course at Oxford |
|
Imran Khan |
Keble |
|
Pakistan |
cricket captain 1982–92, leader of Tehreek–e–Insaf Party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf1997–, MP 2002– |
|
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri |
|
|
Pakistan |
Foreign Minister |
|
Radosław Sikorski |
Pembroke |
|
Poland |
Minister of National Defence 2005–07, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007– |
|
Tan Jee Say |
|
|
Singapore |
Principal Private Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong 1985 to 1990, Candidate for the Singapore Presidency 2011 |
|
Frene Ginwala |
|
|
South Africa |
Speaker of the National Assembly 1994–2004 |
|
Jan Hofmeyr |
|
|
South Africa |
Cabinet Minister |
|
Pixley ka Isaka Seme |
Jesus |
|
South Africa |
founder of South African Native National Congress (later the ANC) |
|
Korn Chatikavanij |
St. John's |
|
Thailand |
Finance Minister of Thailand 2009–2011 |
|
Sukhumbhand Paribatra |
Pembroke |
|
Thailand |
Deputy Foreign Minister of Thailand 1997–2000, Governor of Bangkok 2009–present |
|
Carl Albert |
St Peter's |
|
United States |
US Representative (Oklahoma) 1947–77, Speaker of the House 1971–77 |
|
Thomas H. Allen |
Wadham |
|
United States |
US Representative (Maine) 1997 |
|
Rick Baker |
|
|
United States |
Mayor of St Petersburg, Florida 2001–05 & 2005–10 |
|
Tom Birmingham |
Exeter |
|
United States |
President of Massachusetts State Senate 1996–2003 |
|
Dennis C. Blair |
|
|
United States |
Commander–in–Chief of US Pacific Command 1999–2002 |
|
Charles Bonesteel |
|
|
United States |
Commander US Forces and Commander–in–Chief UN Command Korea 1966–69 |
|
Cory Booker |
|
|
United States |
Mayor of Newark 2006– |
|
David Boren |
Balliol |
|
United States |
Governor of Oklahoma 1975–79, US Senator (Oklahoma) 1979–94, President University of Oklahoma 1994– |
|
John Brademas |
Brasenose |
|
United States |
US Representative (Indiana) 1959–81 |
|
Bill Bradley |
Worcester |
|
United States |
US Senator (New Jersey) 1979–97 |
|
Ben Cannon |
Corpus Christi |
|
United States |
Democratic candidate Oregon State Representative for House District 46 |
|
Brad Carson |
Trinity |
|
United States |
US Representative (Oklahoma) 2001–05 |
|
Dick Celeste |
Exeter |
|
United States |
Dir Peace Corps 1979–81, Gov Ohio 1983–91, Ambassador to India 1997–2001 Pres Colorado College 2002– |
|
Wesley Clark |
Magdalen |
|
United States |
Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997–2000 |
|
Charles R. Clason |
Christ Church |
|
United States |
US Representative (Massachusetts) 1937–1949 |
|
Richard Danzig |
|
|
United States |
US Secretary of the Navy 1998–2001 |
|
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle |
Balliol |
|
United States |
director Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 1997–2000 |
|
Liddy Dole |
University |
|
United States |
Sec of Transportation 1983–87 of Labor 89-90, President US Red Cross 91-99, US Senator (N Carolina) 2003– |
|
William Henry Drayton |
Balliol |
|
United States |
member of Continental Congress |
|
Russ Feingold |
Magdalen |
|
United States |
US Senator (Wisconsin) 1993–2011 |
|
David B. Frohnmayer |
Wadham |
|
United States |
Attorney General of Oregon 1981–91, President University of Oregon 1994– |
|
William Fulbright |
Pembroke |
|
United States |
US Senator (Arkansas) 1945–74 |
|
Robert J. Harris |
|
|
United States |
Mayor of Ann Arbor 1969-73 |
|
Gary Hart |
St Antony's |
|
United States |
US Senator (Colorado) 1975-87 |
|
Bradley C. Hosmer |
|
|
United States |
Superintendent US Air Force Academy 1991–94 |
|
Bobby Jindal |
New College |
|
United States |
Asst Secretary of Health and Human Services 2001–04, US Representative (Louisiana) 2005– |
|
Philip Mayer Kaiser |
Balliol |
|
United States |
Assistant Secretary of Labor 1949–53, Ambassador Mauritania 1961–64, Hungary 1977–80, Austria 1980–81 |
|
Nicholas Katzenbach |
Balliol |
|
United States |
Attorney General 1965–66, Under–Secretary of State 1966–69 |
|
Philip Lader |
Pembroke |
|
United States |
Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1997–2001 |
|
Arthur Larson |
Pembroke |
|
United States |
US Under Sec of Labor 1954–6, Dir US Information Agency 1956–7, Exec Asst to the President 1957–8 |
|
Richard Lugar |
Pembroke |
|
United States |
US Senator (Indiana) 1977– |
|
Ira Magaziner |
|
|
United States |
President Clinton's chief internet policy advisor |
|
Robert McCallum, Jr. |
Christ Church |
|
United States |
Asst AG 01–03, Assoc AG 03–05, Acting Dep AG 04 & 05, Ambassador to Australia 05– |
|
Charles Thomas McMillen |
University |
|
United States |
Olympic silver medallist 1972, US Representative (Maryland) 1987–93 |
|
Thomas Merrill |
|
|
United States |
Deputy Solicitor General 1987–90, Professor of Law Northwestern University 1993–2003, Columbia Law School 2003– |
|
William Green Miller |
|
|
United States |
United States Ambassador to Ukraine from 1993 to 1998 |
|
James Oglethorpe |
Corpus Christi |
|
United States |
founder of Georgia |
|
William Penn |
Christ Church |
|
United States |
founder of Pennsylvania |
|
Larry Pressler |
St Edmund Hall |
|
United States |
US Senator (South Dakota) 1979–97 |
|
Franklin Raines |
Magdalen |
|
United States |
Director US Office of Management and Budget 1996–98 |
|
Robert Reich |
University |
|
United States |
Secretary of Labor 1993–97 |
|
Mel Reynolds |
Lincoln |
|
United States |
US Representative (Illinois) 1993–95 |
|
Susan E. Rice |
New College |
|
United States |
Assistant Secretary of State (African affairs) 1997–2001 |
|
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller |
Pembroke |
|
United States |
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas 1996-2006 |
|
Bernard W. Rogers |
University |
|
United States |
Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander–in–Chief US European Command 1979–87 |
|
Dean Rusk |
St John's |
|
United States |
Secretary of State from 1961–69 |
|
Edward Rutledge |
|
|
United States |
member of Continental Congress |
|
Paul Sarbanes |
Balliol |
|
United States |
US Senator (Maryland) 1977–2007 |
|
Kurt Schmoke |
Balliol |
|
United States |
State's Attorney Baltimore City 1982–87, Mayor of Baltimore 1987-99 |
|
John M. Spratt, Jr. |
|
|
United States |
US Representative (South Carolina) 1983– |
|
Cecil Staton |
Regent's Park |
|
United States |
Georgia State Senator |
|
George Stephanopoulos |
Balliol |
|
United States |
White House Communications Director under President Clinton |
|
William Stevenson |
|
|
United States |
Olympic gold medallist 1924, President Oberlin College 1946–61, Ambassador Philippines 1961–65 |
|
William Stoughton |
New College |
|
United States |
acting Governor of Massachusetts 1694–99 |
|
Strobe Talbott |
Magdalen |
|
United States |
Deputy Secretary of State 1994–2001 |
|
Stansfield Turner |
Exeter |
|
United States |
director of Central Intelligence 1977–81 |
|
David Vitter |
Magdalen |
|
United States |
US Senator (Louisiana) 2005– |
|
William Weld |
University |
|
United States |
Governor of Massachusetts 1991-97 |
|
Heather Wilson |
Jesus |
|
United States |
US Representative (New Mexico) 1998– |
|
R. James Woolsey |
St John's |
|
United States |
director of Central Intelligence 1993–95 |
|
Arthur Mutambara |
Merton |
|
Zimbabwe |
president Movement for Democratic Change faction 2006– |
|
Edward Yau |
To be confirmed |
|
Hong Kong |
Secretary for the Environment |
|